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Publishers In Regional
Meeting In Cleveland
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland
Call and Post list F-it.>v a d Sat
urday, Jan. 14. 13. played host to
the Central Area M .1-Winter eon-
Jerence of the N« gro N- wspaper
Publishers as.«ec:?;on where 24
representative* of 12 of the •• at o;.»
outstanding N< uro journal* ex
changed ideas-, trv '.meal Informa
tion and <r rjenor‘ v hfte f : nui-
L.ing plans- f the period
Bus ncs« sessio: s were held in
th • nvd.toruiT of i rwly-oecu*
p;ed Carver Park li rres homing
project. pr< •> ded ove: by Frank L
St.<ni«> •{ tfi Lt>i:.s\ .he Defender,
j:rcs.dfr.t of the Central Reg.on.
Oj*ri r g of the cunferer.ee on
Friday norn.ng was piocedid by
at : ently-estab lied
AMi .can E; ‘e: prises A l -.'*'- .atrs
g rhient m;-huT<-Tu. ng plait at
2230 O' tar . m the heart of down
town C>\e ar.l. where the Negro
< w r.ed a: i operat d plant is lurn
l . *iri urfnr tlr ts-i
Amy Quartermaster Corps.
Srss.ors were rcs’ricted to the
Cc t:;.l At*'a delegates and specially
invited .rests, a d were div.dod
into s for the d-scus-son of
ed.tonal. advert .sing circulation
a d m< har :cal probh ms.
The < -I.tonal panel, nnder the
p of Ik M ■ • editor
« f the M.ch.ran Ch-cnide included
keynote talk* b\ Charles H Locb.
c*ty-ed tor of the C.« veland Call
fcnd Post, and P B rnard Young,
ed.ior of the Norfolx Journal and
Gu.dc. followed by a round-table
discuss.on of editor.al problem# and
techniques and a inely question
per.od.
The advertising p.<hel was led by
Dowdell Du\,s. advertising manager
cf the K nsas City Call, and in
cluded talks by C A Ta\lor of the
Chicago Defender and Felix L
Walker, advert.s.njr manager of the
Cleveland Call and Post
Circulation panel was led by
Harr.' Alexander, circulation man
ager of the Cleveland Call and Post.
E F Coribtt, circulation manager
of the Norfolk Journal and Guide,
ftnd„ Alexander Barnes, cireulat.on
manager of the Wash neton Tribune.
Mechanical problems were dis
closed bv Rudolf Johnson, mechan
ical superintendent of the Chicago
Defender, who discussed shop tech
niques designed to save newsprint,
and to obta.n n ore space in the re
gtricted columns of newspapers.
The publish! rs heard informal,
but highly informat.vo talks by Clay
Recly. pres dent of Fuller. Smith
and Ross Advertising agency, who
is vice president of the Cleveland
Advertising club: Leon A. Link of
the War Production Board's News
paper division; Atty. William T
McKnight, regional director, FEPC.
end DeHart Hubbard. Federal
Housing agency.
In his address to the publishers
and ed.tors. Clay Recly. Cleveland
told them that if they made
improvement in the.r product, both
in appearance and ed.torial tone,
they would receive more advertis
ing lineage from the nation's major
accounts. He declared that the
racket newspapers still being oper
ated by Negroes in the United States
are still a barrier against first-class'
accounts, and many advertising
agencies have a tendency id con
aider the Negro press en masse.
, Leon Link told the delegates that
there was no indication that there
would be any major relief from the
newspaper shortage, and that news
papers generally would have to de
rise means of getting the most out
of their newsprint quotas as pres
ently set up He urged the greatest
possible conservation ui the present
stocks
Mr. McKmght reviewed the ac
complishments of the FEPC since
It had established regional office*
In key Cities, and warned the pub
lishers to be alert for a continuation
of attacks against the agency by
southern reactionary congressmen
and "hypocritical Republ.cans’*
Mr Hubbard, in a pointed address,
expressed the opinion that the Ne
gro's major hope for decent hous
ing in the post-war period rests in
the Federal Government and warn
ed that the nation's private realty
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groups are girdfr* for a fight to the
fln.eh to e.imir.ate th s phan* of gov
ernment act;\ tv. "If pruate realty
hterests ate tr.umphant in their
flg.r to el.minute federal aid from
the housing picture, the Negro will
be the wor*t sufferer," Mr. Hubbatd
declared.
In h'-s report to the conference.
Pres.dent John Sengstacke of the
Chicago Defender, reviewed the
growth of the NNPA and expressed
pleasure at the large attendance at
the Central Area regional He re
ported that plans to establish thq
Association's Washington bureau
had brer, completed and that the
Wh te House correspondent's com
m.ttee had already selected the man
fur the post.
Among the outstanding resolu
t ns passed were those calling upon
t-ie assoc ation to authorize an offi
c«l organ to contain minutes of re
gional, speci.il and national meet*
ngs al mg w ith special technical
art les of Interest to editorial, ad
vertising c.rculation and mechan
cal workers on the member paper#;
‘he adoption of a NNPA newspaper
code of higher standard* in editor
j.B and advertisements; and to ex
tend the time of the annual NNPA
meetings to nt least three days
Among d.stinguished visitors to
the convention was the Rev. G’enn
T. Settle, director of Wings Over
Jordan, who pledged the full coop
eration of his famous choir in the
association's annual Newspaper ob
servance
While the two-day sessions were
filled wfith conferences and panels,
and no outstanding public entertain
n ent was arranged, the delegates
were lavishly wined and dined at a
series of luncheons including lunch
eon and dinner sessions at Phillis
Wheatley association; the famous
Cleveland Log Cabin and Del Prado
club.
The host newspaper, the Call-
Post, held open house during the
sessions and served as headquarters
of the conference.
Delegates in attendance included:
Howard Murphv, Afro-American
Newspapers; Dowdal H. Davis, Kan
sas City Call; Frank L. Stanley,
Louisville Defender; John H Seng
stackc, Chicago Defender; Louis E.
Martin. Michigan Chronicle; P. Ber
nard Young, Norfolk Journal and
Guide; M A. Sweets, St. Louis
American; Alexander Barnes, Wash
ington Tribune; Luther White, Ohio
State News; Rev. J E Mitchell. St
Louis Argus; C. A. Scott, Atlanta
Da.ly World; Rudolf Johnson, Chi
cago Defender; E F. Corbett, Jour
nal and Guide; C. A. Taylor, Chi
cago Defender; Lawrence O. Payne
William O Walker. Charles H. Loeb,
Felix L Walker and Harry Alex
ander of the Call-Post, Earl V. Hurd,
Ptitsburgh Courier.
Farmers—
(Continned from Fag* D
the area, W. W. Clark. After being
there a week the group of about 200
neighbora moved them away In
(trucks, holding Clark’s two aona
during th* removal proceedings.
A apokeamen for the fartnert tokl
the sheriff who hurried to Ash Hill,
that “the people of this community
don’t want these Negroes to come
in and they’re ready to do some
thing about it.*
The sheriff told the delegation
that he had no authority to order
the removal of anyone not violat
ing the law. "I'm going to enforce
the law and if any mob wants to
make trouble I'll shoot it out with
them.”
In the meantime the flareups
have caused the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to look into the situa
tion. J. B. Hunt, FBI agent, re
ported the developments of Mon
day to his headquarters in St.
Louis, Mo., and a message was to be
sent to Atty. Gen. Biddle in Wash
ington. An investigation for pos
sible violations of civil liberties
would await an order from Wash
ington.
Sheriff Hogg said he feared the
situation would remain serious un
til the April trial of the indicted
men, unless some action were tak
en. He said he would welcome an
investigation by federal authorities
and expressed the belief that this
might be the means of ending the
trouble. _
CARD OF THANKS
Herman Robinson died Decem
ber 11, 1943. Mrs. Ollie Robinson
wishes to express her warm and
sincere appreciation for the many
floral offerings and words of sym
pathy during her recent bereave
ment
—Mrs. Ollie Robinson
606 Brady
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eye-examination and prescribing of glasses, is now located in the
lafrger and more modern suite of offices at 7721 Oakland—above the
Detroit Bank. Dr. Keats has also equipped his offices with the
latest scientific instruments known to optical science which is in
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Spot News —
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masterpiece In the present show Is
the ‘Tarm Girl,** a picture from
the rural South.
ATTENTION COPS
Police Commissioner Valentine of
New York City has issued a new
order to his cops which forbids
them to associate with persons who
are known for their subversive
views and forbids them to join or
ganizations that foster racial or re
ligious hatred.
CRIMINAL RACES
Professor William Bonger of the
University of Amsterdam has con
cluded a study of “Race and Crime’’
and haa concluded that there are
no criminal races. He says “Crime
Is always limited to a comparative
ly small number of individuals In
a race."
WILEY STUDENTS HEAR
RABBI. DEAN
WILEY, Tex —Among the recent
speakers at Wiley college chapel
services were Rabbi M. L. Silber
man of Immanuel Temple, Dallas,
and Dean Martin Harvey of Sam
Huston college, Austin. The Rabbi’s
speech challenged the students to
study the social ills afflicting the
world and to help formulate means
of eradicating them. Dean Harvey,
nationally known youth religious
leader, warned his hearers against
the evils of procrastination.
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DR. KEATS REMODELS OFFICE
Daily Suggests
Plan For Ending
Jim Crow Shops
WASHINGTON, D. C A sugges
tion that the best hope of relief
from discrimination against Negro
workers by labor unions lies in
enacting a law which will forbid
closed-shop contracts with unions
that deny membership to persons
because of race or color has been
made editorially by the Washing
ton “Evening Star.”
Noting that in California a Fed
eral court has held that It is "with
out jurisdiction in the suit brought
by Negroes against the Boilermak
ers union to force it to admit them
to the regular union instead of an
auxiliary, the “Star” takes a gloomy
view of court action against unions
in the matter of discrimination.
A TAX SERVICE
The famous tax service, located
at 7721 Oakland avenue, takes great
pleasure in announcing the expan
sion of their service, so as to give
our Michigan Chronicle readers ex
pert advice on Income Tax Returns
Before March 15, 1944, every
single person earning $500.00 or
more or married person earning
$1200.00 or more must file a final
return.
The fact that some are subject t 6
with-holding tax by their employ
ers does not mean a final return is
unnecessary.
We are in the position to offer
expert advice having Ben M.
Greenburg. attorney, personally in
charge of all returns. Mr. Green
burg formerly operated a tax serv
ice at 7809 Oakland avenue for sev
eral years.
For further Information see our
ad appearing each week in the
Michigan Chronicle.—Ad.
Poet’s Corner
HONEY BABE
By Langston Hughe*
(For ANP)
Listen, babe.
You braid your hair too tight—
But the good Lord knows
Your heart ia right.
I asked you for a dollar.
You gimme two.
That, honey babe,
Is what I like about you.
I knock on your door
About two-three A.M.
You Jump out of bed.
Says. I knows It’s him!
There’s many another woman
In this wide, wide world —
But nary a one
Like my little girl.
BUILT IR
<For Dr. Carver)
By Ricardo Weeks for ANP
Build him a monument!
He has earned it.
Build it strong
So it may stand
Against time's never ceasing fury
He has earned it.
Build it strong.
Build it firm
Where all may view it.
Even those who are yet unborn.
On the altar of his glory,
i Build It strong
I Fur all mankind!
A RELIABLE. INDEPENDENT WEEKLY
Jeffries —
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uplift of the city,” Hardin declared.
"There are great possibilities for
building sound racial relations if
the commission has confidence in
and cooperates with other groups
already working toward that end.
"I atn anxious to see the commis
sion get at the roots of some of the
trouble in Detroit, such as correct
ing flaws in the educational system
and attempting to overhaul the be
havior of the Police Department."
Others Pledge Cooperation
Neither Attorneys Edward A.
Simmons, recent candidate for the
Common Council, nor Cecil Rowlett
would discuss the work of the com
mission at length until officially
notified of their appointments save
to pledge cooperation and predict
a bright future for the city through
the work of the group.
"I haven’t been officially notified
of my appointment," Attorney Sim
mons declared, "so I don’t know
what I am supposed to do. However,
I will serve the best way I can to
make the work of the committee a
success."
Declaring that he Is already busy
in other civic work. Attorney Row
lett said that "my appointment to
the commission came as a complete
surprise. I will do my best to aid
in the mayor’s effort to iron out
some of the difficulties affecting the
relationship between the various
groups iq the city.’’
Others Appointed
Ot£er members of the committee
will be Police Commissioner John
F. Ballenger; superintendent of
the department of parks and, rec
reation; Charles F. Edgecombe, di
rector-secretary of the Detroit
Housing Commission: Dr. Bruce
Douglas, health commissioner, and
Daniel J. Ryan, superintendent of
the Welfare Department.
Formal approval of the mayor’s
committee was registered by the
common council last Thursday
when the body appropriated $15,000
in the mayor’s budget to aid the
work of the group. The mavor
agreed that quarterly reports of the
work of the committee should be
made to the council.
Norton Decline*
So far as could be learned this
week, the committee is still with
out a chairman. William J. Norton,
who headed 'the old committee
following the June riots, said he
would be unable to serve.
“I am entirely in sympathy with
the work; it is important and it
needs to be done," Norton said.
"But I have neither the time nor
the strength to take on the addi
tional work and responsibilities.”
Norton is executive secretary of
the Children’s Fund of Michigan,
chairman of the State Hospital
Commission and chairman of the
Detroit chapter of the Red Cross.
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official*, tho body wu shipped to
Detroit for buriaL
Born In Detroit
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul C.
Simmons Sr. the 22»year-old flyer
jvas born In Detroit and was a
graduate of Northwestern high
school where he was active on the
swimming team. Following gradua
tion from high school, he attended
Talladega (Ala> college for two
years. After working for one year,
he enrolled at the Detroit Institute
of Technology. He enlisted In the
service on September 30, 1942 and
was sent to the Tuskegee Army Air
Force training school from which
he was graduated and commissioned
on Nov. 3. 1943. He had been sta
tioned at Selfridge Field since Nov.
29 1943.
Besides his parents he is survived
by a brother, Private First Class B.
Simmons and two sisters. Muriel,
a student at Talladega, and Mary
Francis who attends school In De
troit.
According to tentative plans,
members of his flying squadron
from Selfridge Field will be pall
bearers.
Senegalese—
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their Russian prisoners. But the
Russians are not the only foreign
legion which the Germans have
massed to defend them against Al
lied invasion. The whole of the
forces on the Southern front in par
ticular is a medley of color and
J an
The area from Marseilles to the
western Pyrenees is covered with
them. The flat west coast between
the Pyrenees and Bordeaux is cov
ered by some German divisions
aided by 20,0)0 Sikhs and Hindu
troope, wearing the regular German
uniform with turbans and a flash
marked “Free India."
Amorvg the mixed divisions in the
North facing the English Channel,
there are great numbers of the
Senegalese troops who were cap
tured during the French campaign,
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of the college campus, was formally
presented to the Hampton Alumni
| Association last week by Mrs. Alex
' ander Purves, mother of Robert
Ogden Purves, former treasurer of
the Institute.
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